western union? money orders? wire transfers? I HATE THEM ALL!!!! i'm in a nasty jam..

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first i'm going to rant... them i'm hoping someone can maybe give me some advice and opinions!

i'm in canada, i bought a bag from a wonderful tPFer (in the US) for $800, she doesn't do paypal, so we came up with western union... so i went to moneymart, and basically, they told me i can't choose to change the currency myself, which means the currency conversion fee is $25, plus the western union fee is $45 . that's DAYLIGHT ROBBERY!!!!!!!!!!!! then i went to get a money order, and i sent it off, only to find out (too late) that my seller's bank only accepts it in usps money orders(which i find out later on that there isn't one in canada) , plus the address i sent it to (her bank account ad, originally meant for the wire transfer) was the wrong one ush:. so i ran back to the PO, too late, they sent i out already. SOooooo... i called the PO, (this is canadapost btw) and they told me i can't cancel a money order, and what i need to do is fill up an application to request for a duplicate, which is only going to come through in 90 days when the damn money order expires, and then cash it myself, and THEN VOILA...

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Did you consider BidPay?
You can pay with Visa or Master card. As a buyer, you should not even have an account with them. And their fees are more reasonable than PayPal's ones, so it's good for seller too.

Black CDC Kelly pls!

bidpay is a good idea.
if you can, get a phone number for whoever the money order was sent to and phone them up and bug them until you get a real person that can tell you where the money order is. then ask them to send it back to you.

if you can get it back, get a refund for it and send the money via bidpay. i hope you can fix the problem. good luck.